🐇 Rabbit emoji

The Rabbit emoji 🐇 was approved under Unicode 6.0 in 2010. On all major platforms, the emoji depicts a rabbit facing to the left. Depending on the platform, the illustration of the rabbit ranges from realistic to stylized. The Facebook version of the emoji has brown fur, while most other platforms have a rabbit with white or grey fur. The Google and WhatsApp versions have whiskers while the Apple version has red eyes.

The Rabbit emoji 🐇 is often used during Easter as a reference to the Easter Bunny, a legendary bunny that hides Easter eggs for children to find. Why a bunny (and not, say, a chicken) to lay those Easter eggs? This tradition is based on a similar German holiday brought to the US by immigrants, and it’s believed that the short gestation period and reproductive speed of rabbits led to a cultural association with spring (when they mate) and fertility.

Taking advantage of the Easter Bunny’s fame, many companies sell decorations, toys, and candy in the shape of bunnies/rabbits during the Easter holiday season. The Rabbit emoji 🐇 is also used alongside mentions of fictional bunnies and rabbits, with the most frequent being Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes.